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WEST BERLIN MAYOR, HERR WILLY BRANDT, MET PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA OF TUNISIA AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN TUNIS ON JAN 31.

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WEST BERLIN MAYOR, HERR WILLY BRANDT, MET PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA OF TUNISIA AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN TUNIS ON JAN 31. FOR SOME TIME THE TWO MEN DISCUSSED THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IN PRIVATE BEFORE MEETING THE PRESS.

HERR BRANDT LEFT BERLIN JON JAN 12, FOR A THREE WEEK HOLIDAY ON THE ISLAND OF JERBA, OFF THE TUNISIAN COAST. HE TOLD NEWSMEN THAT HIS TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF TUNISIA WAS INFORMAL. THE WEST BERLIN MAYOR ADDED THAT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE PROGRESS TUNISIA HAD MADE SINCE INDEPENDENCE. HERR BRANDT SAID THAT HE HAD INVITED PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA TO VISIT BERLIN, BUT GAVE NO DATE.

AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA ENTERTAINED HIS GUEST AT A RECEPTION, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS FROM THE WEST GERMAN EMBASSY.